Monday, September 25, 2006

I suppose it would also be fun for kids, since it's so easy to make. You only need two ingredients, there's no heating, and you can freeze it right away if your non-dairy milk is cold when you mix it. Instant gratification!

Whisk together pudding mix and milk/creamer. Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to machine directions.

You're done!

My first experiment with this involved pistachio pudding. Why? Maybe I was nostalgic for those Southern potlucks where at least three different women would bring some variation of pistachio pudding "salad," with little marshmallows and pineapple chunks. Maybe I wanted green ice cream. Maybe my husband really wanted me to. In any case, it was fun and easy. Yup.

26 comments:

Is Jell-O pudding really vegan...? The pistachio flavor brings up nostalgia for me as well... of being -10 years old and taken for gelato in Palo Alto on Sundays. The gelato place is still there, across from the Aquarius theater, though it does me little good now other than to bring back memories. Which you did as well, so thanks for that :)

Yes! Many flavors of Jello Pudding are vegan, assuming you make them with non-dairy milk. Not all flavors are vegan, though (the butterscotch isn't, sadly), so read the label if you're uncertain about a particular type.

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We're a non-dairy family and I just purchased an ice cream maker with the intention of making non-dairy ice cream and was very excited to discover your blog! I made the pudding ice cream-- chocolate-- last night, figuring I'd start with the easiest reecipe first, and it came out great! The only thing I would caution people is it is very rich and dense, therefore serve yourself a portion smaller than you would normally eat because it fills you up fast!

I have one question about the other recipes: I would rather not use refined sugar in my ice cream. Do you have a healthier sweetener alternative that works just as well? Thanks!

I'm glad you liked it! As for the refined sugar question, you can make any of my recipes with an unrefined sugar, such as Sucanat. You could also experiment with maple syrup or agave nectar, but I haven't tried that yet. If you do experiment, let me know how it goes!

I'm also having success with your basic vanilla recipe using a teaspoon of vegan gelatin (Ko-Jel) in place of arrowroot. It thickens nicely and keeps the ice cream from getting too hard when stored in the freezer.

I think you might be freezing a bit too long if your ice cream is sticking to the bowl. Or you're taking too long to get the ice cream out of the bowl (this happens to me because I'm busy sampling the newly frozen ice cream). What I do in this case is get a really firm rubber spatula and scrape down the sides as hard/fast as I can. Hope this helps!

I wanted to make some heath bar crunch ice cream for my non vegan fiance and though the pudding ice cream would be a great base. For you food snobs like me who cringe at the thought of Jell-o, Dr. Oetker makes organic, all natural puddings in great flavors like, banana, butterscotch, coconut, etc. The ingredients list looks vegan, ( i.e. nothing non vegan listed) but if you want to be 100%, you can email them to verify just how vegan they are. The website is www.oetker.us/en/home. Happy ice creaming!

First of all I want to say thank you for your blog!!! I just got an ice cream maker as a wedding gift and I didnt know how to make my ice cream. So far it has been good, but it doesnt quite freeze so well. I think I have been putting too much in because I made a small batch of this pudding ice cream and it froze great!

Overall this was not my favorite. I think I prefer the tast of fresh ice cream ingredients. but if you want ice cream super fast it is great!

About Me

When I got my first ice cream maker, I could only find a handful of vegan ice cream recipes in cookbooks or on the internet. So I started making up my own recipes. And then I started this blog. If only everything else in life could be so easy.

I haven't posted much in the last two years, and I don't expect to be very prolific in the months to come. After much frustration and a dozen doctors, I was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2008, and am now on a journey towards wellness. Recovery takes up most of my time and energy--but I hope to be back in the kitchen very soon!